I have been visiting Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens over the last
week for the fall shorebird activity. I have found the map with place names
previously posted by Jim Osterlund to be an excellent reference for
navigating around the refuge. I have posted his modified map on my blog for
futu
A first year PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continued at Prospect Parks Lily Pond
on Wednesday 8/19. Seen briefly from the Binnen Bridge, but best views
were from the viewing platform on the east side of the pond, from which it
was seen in the morning along the opposite edge of the pond, an area
difficult t
I'm out of town with limited internet access but I want to report a Brown
Pelican on Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks. Fourth Lake is between Old Forge and
Eagle Bay (route 28). I saw it yesterday, Aug 19 at about 4pm. The bird had a
silver band on the right leg. I'll try to get the band number. I
>From about 6 - 10 AM the east side of the East Pond was birded extensively by
>Bob Kurtz and Doug Gochfeld. I walked the northwestern side as far south as
>you can walk.
Highlights were:
Avocet - south end of East Pond around 10 AM, seen by Bob Kurtz, apparently a
different individual than y
Notice, too, that this map is characterized, "public". As such, you
can set the Google Maps Search window to "Show search options", and
then within the options window you can set the option, "user-created
content". Then you can search for things by name. If for some reason
you don't have
- RBA
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* 08/20/2009
* NYBU0908.20
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Thank you, David
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I forgot the "least amongst us"...about a dozen of them! Cheers, Bob
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The cut to the ocean is still open, exposing as much "flats" today, as I have
ever seen there. Between 4:45 & 7 PM Andy Baldelli & I found a nice assortment
of birds, the highlight being (2) Marbled Godwits. We had (16) other